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1. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
4. (computer science) A unit for measuring computing power.
10. The cry made by sheep.
13. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
14. Ancient name for the coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos).
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. A straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges.
18. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
19. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
21. Lower in esteem.
23. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
24. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
26. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
28. Pertaining to or near the sun.
32. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. The capital of Turkey.
38. A tight-fitting headdress.
39. An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight).
41. (informal) Roused to anger.
42. Improved or corrected by critical editing.
46. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
48. A superior grade of black tea.
51. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
52. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
54. The act of escaping physically.
58. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
60. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
63. An informal term for a father.
64. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
65. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
66. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
67. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
68. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
69. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
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1. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
2. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
3. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
4. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
5. A notable achievement.
6. Cut off from a whole.
7. Of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive n 1.
8. Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top.
9. (historically) A member of the nomadic people of the Syrian and Arabian deserts at the time of the Roman Empire.
10. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. By bad luck.
12. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
20. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
25. A human female who does housework.
27. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
29. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
30. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
31. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
33. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
34. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
36. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
40. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
43. A light touch or stroke.
44. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
45. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
47. Any plant of the genus Erica.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
53. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
55. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
56. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
57. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
59. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
61. A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid.
62. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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